8A-1 1938 = 875hp Bristol Pegasus. POP: 1 (c/n 378) to Sweden as a pattern for licensed manufacture there by Svenska Aeroplan AB, who installed a 875hp Bristol Pegasus and redesignated it model B-5A (later B-5D). 64 were built in 1940 as B-5B and 39 with 980hp Bristol Hercules XXIV as B-5C.

Douglas A-1H (USN Museum)A-1H 1962 - Redesignated from AD-6. In what was probably the first prop-vs-jet victory, while covering a rescue operation on 6/20/65, two A-1Hs of VA-25 (CVA-41 Midway) piloted by Lts Charles Hartman [137523] and Clinton Johnson [139768] were beset by a flight of MiG-17s and, in a joint head-on attack with their 20mm cannon, they downed one of the MiGs. Both shared a half-kill for their victory. On 10/9/66, this feat was duplicated by Ltjg William Patton of VA-176 (CVS-11 Intrepid) when he downed a MiG-17 near Hanoi with his A-1H [137543].

Douglas XA-2 Six guns! [25-380] (USAF Museum)A-2 1926 = Converted from O-2 with experimental air-cooled, inverted 420hp Liberty V-1410; span: 39'8" length: 29'7" load: 1566# v: 128. First of the USAAC A for Attack (XA-1 designation had been used once by a Cox-Klemin air ambulance), unique for the time were the four machine guns in its top and bottom wings. POP: 1 as XA-2 [25-380], for Army evaluation tests against Curtiss XA-3, to which it lost out.A-3 Skywarrior - Redesignated in 1962 from A3D. SEE ALSO B-66.

Douglas A-4 (USAAF)A-4 1940 = Target drone conversion of BT-2; initially BT-2BR when radio-controlled by -2CR as controller planes. POP: 17 [scattered s/ns in the 31-1/135 block]. Those target planes had tricycle gear, were painted red and silver, and bore no national insigniait didn't look good to shoot down one's own planes.A-4 Skyhawk - Redesignated in 1962 from A4D. Boasting of a longer production life than any other type of combat aircraft in the Free World, the compact Skyhawk was the Navy's and Marines' standard light-attack fighter for nearly 20 years. POP (total A-4): 2,960 reported.

A-4Y - Originally planned for A-4Ms modified with Hughes ARBS system, but not used.

A-6 1940 - Proposed O-38 for use as radio-controlled aerial target. Not implemented.A-8 Harrier II 1970 = USMC temporary designation for AV-8.A-18 SEE McDonnell-Douglas F-18.Douglas A-20 rollout (Douglas)A-20 Havoc, DB-7, F-3 - USAAF and export attack bomber. 3-4pChwM rg. Began as 1937 John Northrop design study as Model 7 prototype and 7A export version with two 450hp P&W R-1830, neither of which was built, but underwent a major redesign as 7B. A-20 production also by Boeing Co. SEE ALSO P-70.

DB-7 1939 = First production; ff: 7/13 (?>17)/39 (p: Carl Cover). Ed Heinemann, Leo Devlin. A few planes were modified with twin rudders, but this idea proved impractical and was abandoned. "DB" designation was assigned by the French Purchasing Commission for their Model 7s. POP: 270 ordered by France, but after its fall, most were diverted to RAF.

DB-7B(Douglas, Boeing) 1939 = Glazed nose, .303 machine guns, armor, and self-sealing tanks. R-2600; length: 46'11" load: 4600# v: 314/270/81 range: 630 ceiling: 28,550'. POP: 781 originally ordered by France as DB-7A (with 240 built by Boeing), of which 300 to RAF as Boston III, of which 15 became Boston I trainers, and 147 as Boston II night fighters (after US entered the war, some of the DB-7Bs went to USSR, and some to USAAF as A-20A).

DB-7C 1939 = Torpedo racks, glazed nose. POP: 48 to Dutch East Indies, but about half of them went into the Lend-Lease pool.

A-20B 1941 = Revised glazed nose (of which many were field-modified in metal to house four to six additional guns), bomb bays modified for ferry tanks. POP: 999 [41-2671/3669], of which 8 to USN as BD-2. More than half the production to USSR as Lend-Lease.

Douglas A-24 (USN)A-24 1942 = Data same as SBD-3. $38,293; POP: 168 [41-15746/15823, 42-6682/6771]; the first block of 78 (aka A-24DA) was USN production diverted to USAAF minus carrier gear and folding wings, and the second batch of 90 was USN SBD-3A conversions.

A-26, B-26 Invader - USAAF fighter-bomber; UNS version was JD. 3pChwM rg; Robert Donovan, Ed Heinemann, Ted Smith et al. Attack class was replaced in 1948 by Bomber, creating some confusion in sharing a prefix for a while of B-26 with Martin. Bomb loads: 3000-4000#. Service life extended into the Korean War, and in National Guard units up to 1961, then into the Vietnam War with On Mark conversions. Exports in the '50s to South American countries and France, Great Britain, Indonesia, Portugal, and Saudia Arabia.

Douglas XA-26 (XA-26DE?) [41-19504] (Douglas)XA-26 1942 = First prototype. 2000hp P&W R-2800-27; span: 70'0" length: 50'0" load: 9850# v:370/212/100 range: 1800 ceiling: 31,300'; ff: 7/10/42. $224,498; POP: 1 [41-19504]. This same photo appears in Francillon's authoritative McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920 identified as XA-26-DE [41-19505], but an enlargement shows a tail number of "219504," which is enigmatic. The number might have been purposely altered for security reasons ([42-19504] was a Bell P-39Q), which was quite common at that time, but the disparity in model designations remains a mystery, as [41-19504] is XA-26 and [41-19595] as XA-26A in AAF registry.

XA-26F 1946 = Modified A-26B as the USA's first jet bomber. POP: 1 with experimental installation of a GE J31 turbojet in the aft fuselage in addition to its two four-blade R-2800-83s to give a 433 mph airspeed [44-34586].

A4D-2N 1958 = Long-nose all-weather night fighter; ff: 8/21/58. Two to Army in 1961 for evaluation as a low-level attack fighter, but tests were abandoned and the support role was retained by USAF. POP: 638 [145062/145146, 147669/147849, 148304/148317, 148435/148612, 149487/149646, 150581/150600]; s/ns [146460/146693] cancelled. Redesignated as A-4C. 100 modified in 1969 as A-4L.

C-7 Globemaster III SEE McDonnell Douglas C-7.C-9 SEE McDonnell-Douglas C-9.C-10 SEE McDonnell Douglas KC-10.C-15 SEE McDonnell-Douglas C-15.C-21, FP-1 - Army and USN versions of Dolphin. Most were converted to stainless steel wings in 1936. USN version RD.

Douglas C-47A [43-48073] (USAF)C-47A 1941 = 24v electrical system. $128,761, $109,696 in 1942; POP: 5,253 (?>4,931) [42-23300/24419, -32924/32935, -92024/93158, 93160/93823, -100436/101035, -108794/108993 (included USN), 43-15033/16132, -30640/30761 (included USN), -47963/48262]. One tested as XCG-17 troop glider in 1944 with its motors removed, to be towed behind another C-47 [41-18496]. Motor mounts were sealed rather than removed, following a specification that the plane could easily be reconverted to power if needed, but this extra drag defeated the whole purpose of the plan. Otherwise, its performance as a glider was impressive.

C-54B 1943 = 50p. Integral fuel tanks in wings. POP: 220 [42-72320/72439, 43-17124/17129. 44-9001/9025], of which 30 to USN as R5D-2. One to RAF as executive transport for Winston Churchill as Skymaster I [43-17126=EW999].

C-54C 1944 = 15p presidential transport Sacred Cow for Franklin D Roosevelt, included an electric elevator for his use. Later used by President Harry S Truman. POP: 1 [42-107451], retired in 1961.

VC-54C 1944 = Modified as staff transport.

Douglas C-54D (Douglas)C-54D 1944 = Similar to C-54B but with R-2000-11. POP: 350 [42-72440/72764, 43-17199/17253], of which 86 to USN as R5D-3.

C-58 1940 = Transport version of B-18A. POP: 2.C-67 SEE B-23.C-68 1942 = 21p civil DC-3A impressed by USAAF; R-1820-92. POP: 2 [42-14297/14298].Douglas C-74 [42-65402] [MATS]C-74 Globemaster I (Model 415A) 1945 = Developed from DC-4 (C-54). 125pClwM rg; four R-4360; span: 173'3" length: 124'2" v: 328/212/x range: 3400-7250 ceiling: 21,300'; ff: 9/5/45. Separate cockpits under side-by-side blisters. POP: 14 [42-65402/65415]; let contracts for 50 were cancelled by war's end. Evolved into C-124.C-84 1942 = Impressed 1934 model DC-3B; R-1820-71. POP: 4 [42-57157, -57511/57513].Douglas C-110 Fresh impression [VH-CXC] (magazine clip)C-110 1944 = Military use of DC-5. POP: 3 commercial transports impressed by AAF from Dutch operators in SW Asia [PKADB=44-83230, PKADD=44-83231, PKADC=44-83232]. ALSO SEE R3D.They were flown to Australia in May 1942 and used by the Allied transport services as [VH-CXB, VH-CXC, VH-CXD}. While there is photographic evidence of the planes being flown with USAAF markings, it is doubtful that the actual serials were ever carried. ( Jos Heyman 12/31/00)DC-5s from Dutch KNILM [PK-ADB, PK-ADD, PK-ADC] impressed into USAAF 5th Air Force service in 1942, leased to ANA for service in Australia/New Guinea as [VH-CXA/CXC], then back to USAAF in 1944 as C-110. One of them written off on 8/18/42 at Parafield Aerodrome, one scrapped in 1946, and one scrapped in Tel Aviv in 1955. [44-83232] was [PK-ADC] and then [PJ-AIZ], then there was a reserved Dutch identity which may not have been taken up; it then became [VH-ARD] of New Holland Airways. It was seen in Haifa in 1948, by which time its Australian registration had been cancelled. That may be the plane listed as have been scrapped in Tel Aviv in 1955. ( Joe Baugher)Douglas C-112/R3D (Douglas)C-112 1946 = Military version of DC-6 with four 2100hp P&W R-2800-34. POP: 1 as XC-112A, redesignated to YC-112A. After service trials, it was surplused onto commercial airline service.The XC-112 designation was assigned to a projected development of the C-54B that was ordered in 1945 and was fitted with R-2800-22Ws and a pressurized cabin. The project was cancelled. XC-112A was originally ordered as a C-54 variant but became in essence the prototype for the DC-6. The single aircraft [45-873] flew for the first time on 2/15/46. YC-112A was a designation associated with either the pre-production aircraft which were not built or was XC-112 redesignated. ( Jos Heyman 12/31/00)C-114 1945 = C-54G modification with four 1620hp Allison V-1710-131 inlines and 100'7" fuselage. POP: 1 [45-874]. Further development was not undertaken, but the concept evolved into Canadair C-54GM.
C-115 - Projection with 1650hp Packard V-1650-209; not built.C-116 1945 = C-114 modification with thermal de-icers as YC-116 [45-875].Douglas C-117C [41-18384] (USAAF)C-117 1945 = C-47B modified as 21p staff transport; some later redesignated as VC-117A and -117B. POP: 17 conversions [45-2545/2561]. C-117C was redesignation for VC-47, overhauled and brought up to C-117B standards; C-117D was redesignation from R4D-8.Douglas C-118C-118 1951 = MATS DC-6A. 74pClwM rg; four 2500hp P&W R-2800W. POP: 101. SEE DC-6.C-124 Globemaster II - Four-motored military transport; 200pClwM rg.

CG-17 1944 = Glider conversion of C-47 [41-18496] on which the engines were removed and the nacelles faired over; POP: 1 as XCG-17. While it outperformed conventional cargo gliders in all categories, there was no longer a need by that time for combat gliders. The plane was stored, then its engines were reinstalled, and it was surplused at war's end.Douglas Cloudster Douglas #1 (Aerofiles)Douglas Cloudster Modified (Roy Nagl coll)Cloudster(Davis-Douglas) 1921 = 1pOB; 400hp Liberty 12; span: 55'11" length: 36'9" v: 120 range: 550 ceiling: 19,160'; ff: 2/24/21 (p: Eric Springer). The first airplane to lift its own weight in payload. Douglas' first commercial venture, designed to fly across the country, an endeavor that ended in Texas after an engine failure. POP: 1; sold in 1925 to Ryan Air Lines, where the fuselage was modified to hold 10 passengers and the plane proved quite successful in the role of an airliner, but when the business failed it went into charter work. In 1926, on a charter to Ensenada, Mexico, in a beach landing the pilot hit the surf and the damaged plane was abandoned to the incoming tide. Davis, principal financier of the new company, later gained fame in his own right as designer of the renowned Davis airfoil.Douglas Cloudster II [NX8000H] (Douglas)Cloudster II (Model 1015) 1947 = 5pClwM rg; two 250hp Continental W-670 in tandem; span: 39'10" length: 35'5" load: 1885# v: 200/x/55 range: 950 ceiling: 22,500'; ff: 5/12/47 (p: Bob Brush, O B Paulson). Charles S Glasgow et al. Tail-mounted, 8' pusher prop was driven via Bell P-39 driveshafts from forward-mounted motors. POP: 1 [NX8000H], flew only twice. Stored for many years, it was finally donated to a local Boy Scouts troop for use as a training aid.Douglas Commuter (Douglas via E J Young coll)Commuter 1926 = 2pChwM; 35hp Anzani or 60hp Wright-Gale; span: 37'3" load: 450# v (60hp): 76. Wooden construction, fabric covering; foldable wings. First airplane to make use of Clark-Y aerofoil, and first Douglas venture in the light aircraft field. POP: 1, c/n 150.